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Table 3 Associations between rOD of anti-EBV antibodies and primary liver cancer risk by sex, age and classification

From: Pre-diagnostic anti-EBV antibodies and primary liver cancer risk: a population-based nested case-control study in southern China

 

EBNA1-IgA

VCA-IgA

Subgroups

Cases

Controls

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)a

Adjusted OR (95% CI)b

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)a

Fully adjusted OR (95% CI)b

Sex

 Female

19 (4.1%)

445 (95.9%)

2.02 (0.96,4.26)

2.10 (0.99,4.48)

2.14 (0.95,4.83)

1.70 (0.86,3.35)

1.71 (0.87,3.36)

1.57 (0.78,3.18)

 Male

106 (6.1%)

1632 (93.9%)

1.46 (1.11,1.92)

1.47 (1.11,1.94)

1.55 (1.13,2.14)

1.57 (1.02,2.42)

1.60 (1.04,2.45)

1.61 (0.98,2.65)

Age at recruitment, years

 30 ~ 39

14 (5.6%)

236 (94.4%)

5.95 (1.54,22.92)

5.68 (1.41,22.92)

5.34 (1.29,22.14)

1.52 (0.41,5.69)

1.54 (0.39,6.13)

1.59 (0.41,6.19)

 40 ~ 49

38 (5.5%)

655 (94.5%)

1.46 (1.01,2.11)

1.46 (1.01,2.10)

1.56 (1.04,2.32)

2.53 (1.38,4.65)

2.54 (1.38,4.65)

2.62 (1.34,5.12)

 50 ~ 59

73 (5.8%)

1186 (94.2%)

1.43 (0.96,2.11)

1.43 (0.95,2.14)

1.46 (0.88,2.41)

1.28 (0.77,2.13)

1.30 (0.78,2.15)

1.17 (0.64,2.12)

Classification

 HCC

111 (5.9%)

1777 (94.1%)

1.45 (1.10,1.92)

1.46 (1.10,1.93)

1.51 (1.10,2.09)

1.66 (1.12,2.44)

1.68 (1.14,2.48)

1.66 (1.06,2.60)

 ICC

14 (4.7%)

281 (95.3%)

1.64 (0.83,3.25)

1.75 (0.85,3.59)

1.75 (0.82,3.76)

1.01 (0.28,3.70)

1.01 (0.28,3.65)

1.05 (0.30,3.68)

  1. Abbreviations: rOD Relative optical density, EBV Epstein-Barr virus, EBNA1 Epstein–Barr nuclear antigen 1, VCA Viral capsid antigen, IgA Immunoglobulin A, HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma, ICC intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, HBsAg Hepatitis B virus surface antigen
  2. aOR was adjusted by age (continuous) at initial recruitment
  3. bOR was adjusted by age (continuous) at initial recruitment and HBsAg